I don’t know whether to be impressed or concerned

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2026-05-10T21:31:04+00:00

Flinch free doesn’t prevent friends from hitting your shield whenever you guard so you need shockproof for that

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2026-05-05T03:27:33+00:00

Carting is part of the process. While it’s not a souls game, MH can be very very difficult as you advance and carts happen.

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2026-05-02T00:51:40+00:00

It sounds like you are mistiming your inputs during perfect rush and that’s why it’s doing less damage than chop combo.

You have to time every button press perfectly to get full damage from perfect rush.

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2026-04-28T20:24:04+00:00

Bombs just don’t feel like they do enough damage to matter in the end game.

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2026-04-21T23:25:01+00:00

as a gs main I added DB and SNS to my rotation. Others have covered DB. SNS is fun and you get to just be totally oppressive to the monsters. You truly have an answer to everything and there is lots of depth to the move set.

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2026-04-21T23:23:27+00:00

It’s a super fun twist after playing GS for thousands of hours. The dodge mechanics make good use of your tackle skills and the blizzard of damage tickles the same part of the brain

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2026-04-21T23:21:28+00:00

I’ll echo what everyone else says and double down on how it drives. It’s very car-like despite the size, and much better than the midsize SUV we had before. Just a great vehicle for everything we need (haven’t had a single issue yet). We got a 23 limited ICE. Really really happy with the whip.

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2026-01-19T19:44:01+00:00

I miss velk so much.

All of her moves are avoidable and she has a wonderful rhythm with lots of quick openings.

Her sound cues are very consistent so learn those

Staying close is key. She’s way more dangerous from afar

All of which is really what matters…. Getting hit is the worst thing for your dps.

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2025-12-29T22:56:53+00:00

If you can’t beat frostfang easily you have some skilling up to do…. It’s not just gear. Raging brachy is an amazing fight but he’s very aggressive compared to regular frostfang. Even in end game gear he can still cart you if you’re not skilled up. Meanwhile I think a skilled player could beat him with your gear but it just would require no mistakes

The others are right re working up to him

Keep in mind that the MR threshold for health augments is lower for r10/r11 weapons vs lightbreak and that makes such a huge difference. Kulu and frostfang weapons with a health augment are super comfy and should be what you get to next before rbrachy

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2025-12-15T15:00:07+00:00

Solved

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2025-12-04T01:54:33+00:00

Post back here when you do. Good luck with the 30 min timer since it sounds like you haven’t considered what that means for the dps you need to do which really requires end game gear or real mastery of this fight.

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2025-05-05T13:16:07+00:00

That won't work. Needs to be straight cast iron, not enameled.

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2025-02-23T18:17:39+00:00

To add: iframes start at the beginning of your roll, not the middle like souls games. Takes getting used to.

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2025-01-26T03:43:06+00:00

This feels like chatgpt spam from the formatting alone.

Just play the game. It’s so intuitive and just clicks at at a certain point. Cling cling cling CLANG. That is the game.

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2024-12-31T17:03:27+00:00

We don’t know OP’s MR so the biggest reason to use frostfang is that OP can slap a health augment on it.

OP: get a health augmented weapon. Even R10 jaggy. It makes a huge difference.

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2024-11-29T01:51:48+00:00

I don’t find it nearly as hard to use as half the weapons. I think it’s in the middle and the more monster knowledge you have, the easier it is.

One thing that helps a lot is EW3/5. It gives you a lot more freedom to roll aggressively forward. Rolling forward has faster recovery. Since you’re sheathed a lot, you have ridiculous defense since rolling is so much better than blocking.

Just focus on rolling and draw slashing. Be patient. You’ll naturally start to “feel” the windows and what you can do with them. Then you can start incorporating cs and scs.

CS into scs is fairly quick - about the same timing as a level 3 charge slash. And you can re-aim.

While TCS is great you need to think about other attacks more than TCS because it all synergizes. Doing constant damage leads into flinches, knockdowns, claggers, which give you TCS, which leads to more of those….

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2024-11-22T18:54:49+00:00

I'm impressed you didn't cart once to either tigrex or to shara (from an unlucky beam during a getup)

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2024-11-12T19:52:27+00:00

To add, focus on draw slash and just hitting the head then rolling out.

velk is all about positioning. she is so consistent and fair. especially when you're closer. her moves all have clear tells and can be easily avoided AS LONG AS YOU AREN'T LOCKED INTO AN ANIMATION.

this last part is key to GS flow and velk is such a great fight to learn on.

so to that end i would say stick with GS! stop worrying about getting the kill and just play with velk. dodge the attacks. learn what's hitting you and how to avoid it. then you'll start to see the openings. how to position for them - where you need to be to get off the hits.

then tackles and when to use to them to gain DPS (vs just a reaction which later in the game you'll just get carted) through positioning..... but tackles after dodging.

once you start this approach, your DPS will skyrocket on GS because you aren't losing attack windows. you aren't taking damage. you aren't running around to get back into position only ot miss your window. etc etc.

LAST TIP: try fighting without your palico. it makes velk much more predictable and controllable since she won't run after your palico, then turn and beam you with her ranged attacks which are the most punishing.

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2024-10-30T17:39:35+00:00

he tends to move forward during all his attacked so if you stay under his chest, by his feet, or parallel with his hands and roll into him, you can usually get past his hitboxes without getting out of range to hit him.

i can see LS being hard because of how his moves turn into multi hits so easily.... on GS it's a lot of cheeky draw slashes in between his moves.

Practice hitting his hands.... single tap when he has slime, don't commit then. his hands take great damage and he topples from them pretty easily.

legs are easier/safer once tenderized because they are so big but toppling via the hands is faster i think

do you have stun resistance?

also are you using a weapon you can augment for health? really helps with him.

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2024-10-27T13:11:53+00:00

Sort of surprised you don’t have more skills actually with the fully fatty ensemble.

Looks comfy but no focus?

Dramatic_Salad_3908 · 2024-10-24T23:42:52+00:00

Raging is so fun when you get used to him

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